Lt. Kenneth MacLeish, USNR, was born in Glencoe, III., in 1894 and appointed ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps 31 August 1917. In France he participated in many raids over the enemy’s lines before he was transferred in September 1918 to Eastleigh, England. On a raid with the RAF 14 October, his plane was shot down and Lieutenant MacLeish instantly killed. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for “distinguished service and extraordinary heroism.

Robert M. Cieri/Ed Zajkowski

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Artist's conception of the MacLeish as built by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.

Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Chris Wright. NARA 19-N-27241.

Ed Zajkowski

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Undated, location unknown. The destroyer USS MacLeish (DD-220) gets too close for comfort with a tanker's stern and then properly alongside the tanker none the worse for their brief encounter. Photos taken by Phm 1/c Harold S. Deal. Photos from http://www.ussliddle.org/ by the kind permission of Harold's son Jeff Deal.

Robert Hurst

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Circa 1918-1926. The MacLeish (DD-220) and Simpson (DD-221) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as whale boats pass between the ships.